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Talk I gave in FOSS4G 2023: "Introduction to Coordinate Systems" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OOGVIajt9Y
Now with the proper subtitles! (Google was not very good with the autogenerated ones).
The slides in PDF are available in my web page.
#FOSS4G #foss4g2023 #GIS #coordinatesystems
This entry was edited (5 months ago)
in reply to Javier Jimenez Shaw

this is available on the OSGeo #PeerTube instance, from which you can download it: https://video.osgeo.org/w/iAh2NTveFJ7ByQQaNm79Sc

You can also comment on the video from Mastodon (or other #ActivityPub aware platforms)


2023 | Introduction to Coordinate Systems - Javier Jimenez Shaw


FOSS4G 2023 Prizren

Introduction to basic but important concepts about Coordinate Reference Systems (what is doable in 20 min )

- Geographic Coordinate (Reference) Systems
- Different Datums/Ellipsoids
- Projections (Mercator, UTM, LCC, ...)
- EPSG catalog
- WKT (well known text) description
- Reference to PROJ.org library

The purpose is to explain basic concepts to have a good basis to understand later more complex problems. The presentation will have a lot of links to go deeper into any area of interest.

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